Weekday News Wrap: Monday, August 19, 2013

by Jessica Dorsey

British authorities used anti-terrorism powers yesterday to detain Glenn Grenwald’s partner (Greenwald is the journalist with close links to Edward Snowden, the former U.S. spy agency contractor who has been granted asylum by Russia), as he passed through London’s Heathrow airport. Greenwald’s reaction is here, calling the incident “a failed attempt at intimidation.’

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